• Initial Post due: 11:59 pm, Tuesdays before assigned class period
• 15% of course grade (drop lowest grade)
  

Let’s face it, just reading course material is not enough to actually learn it. You need to engage with the material in meaningful ways. The purpose of this assignment is to get you engaging with the material in a way that helps YOU learn it. I can’t promise we will talk about every single reading in class; however, I can guarantee you will engage all the materials you read by taking these notes.

Initial Post Submission Guidelines

• Submit your reading notes in Scalar; you will make them a "path" off of your personal introduction page.

• Tag each entry back to this "Reading, Thinking, & Reflecting Posts" page.

• You will be responsible for tagging your entries to other pages as you see connections across the course (after week two I expect to see at least one content tag per week).

• You will submit one entry per week you have readings (10 weeks/lowest one dropped): 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, & 11/18.

Grading Rubric

• reading citations--required (-1 point)

• cursory proofreading--required (-1 point)

• 5 points = 2 content options, 1 format options

• 3 points = 1 content options, 1 format option

• 1 point = 1 content option, 0 format options

Content Options

• brief summary

• key terms/concepts w/definitions and/or descriptions

• quotes w/discussion

• questions w/discussion

• something very new/exciting w/discussion

• connections to other readings w/discussion

• connections to examples w/discussion

• connections to experiences w/discussion

• connections to course outcomes

• connections to personal course outcomes

Format Options

• hyperlink to resources and/or discussions

• detailed font formatting (style, color, size, etc.) that engages with content/meaning

• embed resources

• representative image and citation

• annotated image/screencapture

• provide adequately descriptive alt-text for images

• providing adequately descriptive alt-text for links

• provide captioning or scripts for multimedia

• embed poll that teaches and engages readers with the material